• In 2024, Lori worked with Ellen McLaughlin in One Year Lease Theatre's overseas residency in Greece.
• Lori has attended a master class with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage (author of Sweat, Ruined and Intimate Apparel) at Cherry Lane Theatre in NYC. 
• She has also attended Dramatist Guild workshops with Terrence McNally and Jeffrey Sweet. She's attended a lecture featuring Paula Vogel at Washington Lee University. 

• Lori was a full time professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She was also the faculty advisor to the RIT Players. 

• Lori also has a masters degree in Philosophy. Her thesis on Stoic ethics is titled, The Mad Are All Unwise. (Damn, doesn't that sound boring?)

• In 6th grade, Lori worked at her grade school planetarium. She gave star shows to other students.